Carton for ink bottles



A ril 18, 1950 R. CHEMLINSKI CARTON FOR INK BOTTLES Filed June 3, 1948 INVENTOR: Raymond Chemlinski,

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Patented Apr. 18, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 4 Claims.

My improvement pertains to cartons for ink bottles, the cartons having, outwardly, a conventional appearance and being made in the conventional manner, but including features which make it possible to convert it into an ink stand.

More specifically, the body of the carton improved by me is creased along certain lines and severed along other lines so that parts of the body of said carton may be bent outwardly for reception of the ink bottle in a crosswise position to the position which the bottle ordinarily occupies. The improvement is of a very simple character, involving no additional expense in making the carton, and yet has proved to be fully practical, novel and useful.

I shall now describe the improvement with reference to the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 shows a perspective View of my carton with the dotted outline of an ink bottle normally contained therein;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the carton in its closed position, but without the bottle, the view disclosing in dotted lines the position of flaps disposed inwardly therein;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the carton as s it is set up for use as a stand for an ink bottle, the latter being shown in dotted lines;

Figure 4 is a sectional view of the carton taken on line 4-4 of Figure 3 with the outline of an ink bottle shown therein;

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on line 55 of Figure 4 with the outline of an ink bottle shown therein;

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

' The carton is made in the form of a rectangular box, following the conventional form of such cartons. Made of one single strip of cardboard, the structure includes what I shall call a rear wall l0, front wall l4, two side walls H, and top and bottom closures. Each sidewall has, at the top, an inwardly turned flap I 2 extending at right angle to said side wall and normally disposed in a horizontal position, parallel to the bottom of the carton. At the bottom, each side wall H is provided with a flap l3 turned inwardly and disposed at right angle to said wall. Being positioned horizontally, it forms a part of what is the bottom closure of said carton. The sides of the flaps, both at the top and the bottom, are cut at a slight angle with respect to said rear wall l and the front wall I4 so that a slight space is left between the respective sides of the flapsand the rear or front wall, as the case may be, said space being indicated by numeral l as best shown in Figure 4.

The front wall M has a member l6 extending upwardly and forming a top closure for the carton, the top fitting over flaps I 2, the end portion of said top forming a tongue II. This, ordinarily,

assumes a parallel position to rear wall l0, fitting into said space l5 between wall l0 and the sides of flaps 22. At the lower end, the front wall includes an extension l8 forming the bottom of the carton, said bottom it lying under flaps l3. The end portion of said bottom forms a tongue l9 which fits into space i5 between the sides of flaps I3 and wall ll.

Up to this time, the description of the carton would fit the description of most of the conventional cartons now on the market. Now I shall describe the novel features of my improvement.

The front wall I 4 has, at one side, an integrally formed connecting strip 30 which is glued to the respective side wall H on its inner surface, this being best shown in Figure 4. While said front wall I4 is, normally, integrally connected to side walls H, in the case of my carton it is severed from said side wall, from a point at the top of said side wall to a point somewhat above the mid-portion of the height of the carton. The

severed length of the front wall is shown by nu-,

meral 20. Two vertical cuts 2|, extending from the top to the bottom of wall l4, sever said front Wall and divide it into three panels-a broad mid panel 22 and two narrow side panels 23. The width of the mid panel 22 is somewhat in excess of the width of the ink bottle to be contained in the carton. In this case, I may add, the ink bottle contemplated is of a kind having an oblong shape in the horizontal direction, one of its dimensions in said horizontal direction being its length, the shorter dimension being its width. The side panels 23 are creasedtlaterally as shown at 24, each crease extending from the lower point of the severed connection between side wall I l and front wall 54, the part of each panel above crease 24 being marked 25. The mid panel itself contains another crease 25, this being laterally spaced from the bottom at a distance therefrom which is substantially equal to the distance from the top of the cartonto crease 24, the part of the panel below crease 26 being marked 27. It will be noted that all these creases do not interfere in the slightest with the function of the-cartonin its normal use as a container for an ink bottle.

Now, assuming that the carton is to be used as a stand, this is the manner in which said carton may be set up for that purpose: I First, tongue I! is withdrawn upwardly from its place between the rear wall It! and flaps l2, and the top of the carton 25 is swungoutwardly as is ordinarily done in case that accessis to be had to the ink bottle in the carton. Thereupon the ink bottle, which is identified by numeral 28, is withdrawnfrom the carton. Then the front wall M, by means of said top 56, is swung outwardly and downwardly so that part 21, which is a portion of mid panel 22 below crease 26, assumes a horizontal position and forms an extension of bottom of the container; while, at the same time, the upper portions of side panels 23 are swung downwardly from the body of the carton and assume a horizontal position parallel to said portion 21. The top l6, which is the upper extension of wall l4, may assume a substantially horizontal position as shown best in Figures 3 and 4, and may serve as a means to support an ink-bottle cap 29.

Now the bottle may be returned into the carton and placed crosswise to its original position so that the bottom of the bottle will rest partly on flaps i3 of the carton as it was originally made and partly on member 21 which, up to now, was the lower part of front wall M or, more specifically, the lower portion of mid panel 22. When the bottle is so placed in the carton in the shape shown in Figures 3 and 4, the carton acquires an additional stability and may be used as a means of preventing the bottle from being upset accidentally. This, naturally, is due to the added area of the normal bottom portion of the carton. It will also be understood that, when the bottle is placed crosswise in the carton, the parts of the body of the bottle will abut the top flaps I2 and keep them in a downwardly-bent position so that they will not interfere with the use of the ink bottle.

. It will be understood that some changes may be made in the construction of the carton without shape, including two narrow and two broad, up-

right walls, one of the broad walls extending upwardly to form a top closure and being severed from the side walls, beginning at the top to a point above the mid-height of said carton, said wall being also severed vertically by two spaced cuts dividing the wall into a broad mid-panel and two side panels, the side panels being creased horizontally along a line at the lower end of the severance of the wall from the side walls, and the mid-panel being creased horizontally on a line spaced from the bottom to a distance equal to the length of the severance of the wall from the side walls, said mid-panel being adapted to be swung outwardly from the body of the carton, the portion of the mid-panel below the crease being adapted to assume a horizontal position, as an extension of the bottom, and the side panels, from the lines of their crease to the top of the carton, being adapted to assume a horizontal position parallel to the lower portion of said panel.

2. A carton of the kind described, being of a normal, rectangular shape and including two narrow walls disposed parallel to each other and two broad, upright walls disposed parallel to each other, one of the broad walls extending upwardly to form a top closure, said wall being severed vertically by two spaced cuts extending from the top to the bottom and dividing the wall into a broad mid panel and two side panels, the side panels being severed from the side walls, beginning from the top of the carton to a point above the mid section of the height thereof and being creased horizontally at the lower end of said severance, and the mid panel being creased hori- 'zontally on a line spaced from the bottom to a distance equal to the length of the severance of said side panels from said side walls, said midpanel being adapted to be swung from the bottom of the carton, outwardly, the portion of the panel below the crease and the side panels above their respective creases being adapted to assume a horizontal position while the mid panel above the crease therein will assume a vertical position parallel to the opposite wall of the carton.

3. A carton of the kind described, being of a normally rectangular shape and including two upright, narrow walls, in opposed relation to each other, and two upright, broad walls in opposed relation to each other, one of the broad walls having at its lower end a member to form a bottom closure and having at its upper end a member to form a top closure for said carton, said wall being vertically cut from top to bottom along two parallel lines to separate the wall into a mid panel and two side panels, the mid panel being creased horizontally on a line spaced from the bottom, the side panels being creased horizontally on a line spaced from the top of the carton, the distance of the crease in the side panels, from the top, being equal to the distance of the crease in the mid panel to the bottom of the carton, the side panels being severed from the side walls of the carton from the line of the crease therein to the top of said carton.

4. A carton for an ink bottle, having a width of a substantially larger dimension than its length, the carton being normally rectangular in shape and including two upright, narrow walls, in opposed relation to each other, and two up-v right, broad walls in opposed relation to each other, one of the broad walls having at its lower end a member to form a bottom closure and having at its upper end a member to form a top closure for said carton, said wall being vertically cut from top to bottom along two parallel lines to separate the wall into a mid panel and two side panels, the mid panel being creased horizontally on a line spaced from the bottom, the side panels being creased horizontally on a line spaced from the top of the carton, the distance of the crease in the side panels, from the top, being equal to the distance of the crease in the mid panel to the bottom of the carton, the side panels being severed from the side walls of the carton, from the line of the crease therein to the top of said carton, the mid panel being adapted to be swung outwardly from the line of juncture with the bottom closure and the severed panel portions being adapted to be swung outwardly from the lines of their creases, both said panel portions and the lower end of the mid panel being adapted tov assume a horizontal position, while the upper portion of the mid panel is disposed parallel to the opposite broad wall, the space therebetween being large enough to accommodate said ink bottle crosswise to its original position in the carton.

RAYMOND CHEMLINSKI.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Great Britain Sept 26, 1929 

